Date	Assignment	Hand outs/Labs	Homework
Week 1:  September 9-11, 2009	Rules/ Course Outline/Seating/ice breaker Welcome to living environment	course outline and rules: class hand out self evaluation: class hand out	bio questionaire
Week 2: September 14-18	Scientific Method; pages 1-6; intro to Bio Book	Safety Lab: In green lab book	HW 1: Scientific method Due 9/22
Week 3: September: 21-26	Graphing Activity; pages 10-13; In Intro to Bio Book SCIENTIFIC METHOD TEST BASED ON PAGES 1-13 in Intro Workbook Date of test__________	Design your own experiment Lab pages 7-9 in Intro to Bio Book	HW 2: Control and variables Due 9/30
Week 4: September: 29-30 Oct. 3	Tuesday/Wed.: Powerpoint Notes on Life function notes page 17-19 click here to download file Thursday/Friday: Life function project page 20 in Intro to Bio Book (activity counts as a test score) 2 days in the computer room	Graphing Lab
Week 5: October 5-9	Monday -Tuesday: Cell structure and cell theory Powerpoint notes pages 21-22 Wednesday-Thursday: Coloring cell organelle activity p.23-24	Letter "e" microscope Lab	HW 3: Ameba activity: Due 10/13
Week 6: October 13-16	Tuesday-Wednesday: Computer Room 223; Virtual cell tour and cell membrane, assignment is in intro to bio book after page 24. (web activity) Thursday - Friday: Cell City activity pages 25-26	Cell Diversity Lab	HW 4: Euglena activity Due 10/21
Week 7: October 19-23	Tuesday: Cell membranes/osmosis pages 27-29 Tuesday: Cell membrane Powerpoint notes page 27 Monday, Wednesday, Friday: State Lab Osmosis	State Lab Osmosis and Diffusion	HW 5: Diffusion quiz Due 10/28
Week 8: October 26-30	Monday: Cell Diversity page 30 Tuesday: Organic compounds page 31 Wednesday: quiz on organic compounds and cell diversity Wednesday: Review for exam  Thursday EXAM Oct 30: Based on Intro to Bio Book pages 17-31 Friday: Halloween victim's Lab	Halloween Horror Lab (internet version)	HW 6: Organic Chemistry
Week 9  November 2-6	click here to download file Wed.: Powerpoint notes: Pages 5-8 Ecology notes pages 1-7, Quiz on page 3	Food Webs	HW: 7 Ecology vocab DUE NOV. 12
Week 10  November 9-13	Monday/wed.movie Nova Unknown world Ecology notes page 8-12, Quiz on page 8 and exam page 12	Bacteria Lab	HW8: Ecology Due Nov. 17
Week 11  November 16-20	Monday-Wed. Owl Pellet Lab Thursday-complete page 16-21 Friday-Concept map (page 14) Due	Owl Pellet lab	HW 9: Review for the test Due Nov.23
Week 12 November 23-27	Monday-review for the test Tuesday-Test Ecology Jeopardy		No HW: Happy Thanksgiving
Nov. 30-Dec. 4  Week 13	Monday- Pages 23-26 Tuesday-Computer room 215; pages 29-33 Wed- Carbon cycle game Thursday- pages 27-28 Friday- Notes on pages 34-36	Carbon Cycle Lab	population quiz
Week 14  Dec. 7-11	Monday-Powerpoint on biodiversity and ecological succession Ecology Test II (Date to be announced)	Oh Deer Lab	Review for test: castlelearning population growth
Week 15  Dec. 14--18	Human Impact powerpoint Homework due: Population growth
Week 16 Dec. 21-23	Computer room 215 all week to work on powerpoints  Happy Holidays
January 2009 Week 1	Watch the movie Arctic Tale About Global warming		Complete this activity to see how much you contribute to global warming
Week 2	Monday-Friday: Create a powerpoint on a human impact/environmental issue Going to computer room 215
Week 3	Monday-Friday: Students are showing PowerPoints.  All students sign up in class.
Week 4	MID TERM WEEK No midterm in science
February 2009: Week 1	Powerpoint Sexual Reproduction Thursday: Stem cell Research Brochure Computer room 223 Friday: Test; study reproduction notes	Hand out for sexual reproduction powerpoint	HW: 1 for 3rd quarter
Week 2	Monday: Mitosis PowerPoint Tuesday: Types of asexual reproduction Powerpoint Wed. and Thurs.: Labs Friday: Asexual Reproduction and Mitosis	Mitosis Powerpoint worksheet Asexual Powerpoint worksheet	HW 2: 3rd quarter
Week 3	HAVE A GREAT WINTER BREAK
Week 4	Monday-Tuesday: Page 1-3 in Genetics book:  Mendelian genetics Going into computer room 223 Wednesday-Friday: Making a baby Lab
March 2009 Week of 3/2-3/6	Monday-Tuesday-  Complete Page 4 in Genetics book: Redraw the meiosis figure shown on page 4 and color in maternal and paternal chromosomes. Page 5: Meiosis powerpoint or Google the answers for page 5 Page 6: DNA powerpoint or Google the answers for page 6 Wed.: Complete the quiz on page 7 Thursday-Friday: Complete pages 8-9 go the website indicated on page 8 and 9 DNA tour guide checklist
Week 2 3/9-3/13	Monday-Wednesday:  Complete the DNA Tour guide by drawing 2-3 models to represent the DNA structure Thursday- Friday DNA projects are due Friday and will be counted as an exam grade DNA lab pages 17-19 in your lab book.		HW 3: 3rd Quarter
Week 3 3/16-3/20	Monday-Tuesday: Pages 12 and 13 in the Genetics workbook Wed.: Off from school Thursday-Friday: Watch the Movie GATTACA		HW 4: 3rd Quarter
Week 4 3/23-3/28	Monday-Tuesday: reviewing DNA and protein synthesis page 10 and 11: Google the steps for DNA replication and Protein Synthesis. Make sure you understand the steps Wednesday: Powerpoint genetic engineering complete notes on page 14 and 15 in workbook Thursday and Friday: Gel electrophorsesis lab completed in the lab book pages 23-25 Power point: dna mutations and genetic engineering
April 2009 Week 1 3/30-4/3	Monday-Tuesday: Genetic Engineering Powerpoint page 14 and 15  Powerpoint Wed. and Thursday: Notebook check and go to www.regentsprep.org.  Click on living environment and click on dna and heredity and fill in the blanks for pages 17-25 Friday: Genetics Test
Week 2	OFF For spring break
Week 3: 4/14-4/17	Tuesday-Wednesday: In your Evolution workbook Complete Page 1 using page 2-6 as a reference and pages 7-8 using the website www.becominghuman.org  Thursday: Complete notes on page 9 and 10 using the powerpoint powerpoint evolution Friday: Candy corn lab in green lab book		HW 1: 4th Quarter due 4/22 (wed.)
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